Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

What’s more appropriately called executive managerial leadership (as opposed to the overused, feel good term “leadership”), those at the helm of companies or government agencies have huge responsibilities.” Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted 5-Step Plan to Developing Your Personal Brand.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 9, 2017

Art summarizes, “For all of us, the need to help our firms navigate change while doing the same in our careers defines our level-up challenge.” Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted The 16 Ways to Improve Your Work Performance in 2017. Let’s Get Started. ” Follow Art on Twitter at @artpetty.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

. “Executive presence” was mentioned in several reviews as an improvement area, but without any specifics, Tom had no idea what the real issue was and how damaging it could be to his career. Often these pandas live on for years, seemingly innocent, but ultimately gnaw at the career trajectory of otherwise talented leaders.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." is a leadership, career, and marketing expert and coach.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2012

After studying Hollywood actors for three years, MIT Professor Ezra Zuckerman found that actors who typecast themselves (PDF) early in their careers tend to earn more money, have longer lifespans, and enjoy more fame compared to generalist actors. Over the long term, that is a career strategy with diminishing returns.

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LDRLB

APRIL 21, 2014

What’s going on there, it’s a term that’s been used for a really long time and you sort of opened the book with a discussion of that. They don’t feel that it’s part of what they’re proud of and what they are building in their professional career, what they want to do. Why is that so important? ORLY: Yes, absolutely.

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Roundtable Talk

MARCH 12, 2010

Posted on March 12, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment There are lots of ways you can unwittingly derail your career. The CFO, who is the named successor for the Prez, is Ricardo’s #1 detractor. Unless Ricardo starts mending some bridges, I don’t hold much hope in his long-term prospects with the organization.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2017

-based companies, I’ve spoken with hundreds of high-performing working parents, and, on the hunt for real, feasible solutions, asked the same questions again and again: What advice has been the most valuable to you over the long term as a working parent? Think long-term to stay in the game.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

When you borrow talent, you obtain what you need more cost effectively than hiring it and without making a long-term commitment; and when you lend talent you’re offering your stars and high-potentials new opportunities for growth and development that they might not otherwise get within the confines of your organization.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Simon had been a chief executive for 15 years, and CFO before he was 30. Even in the most well-oiled CEO succession processes, one piece is almost always missing: preparing the current CEO for the next phase in his or her career. We studied the post-CEO careers of 50 Chief Executives in the Fortune 500, and interviewed 13 of them.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

Most companies now have more gender-balanced talent pools, especially at the early-to-mid-career levels, and are looking for ways to make sure progress continues at the mid-to-upper levels. Some of those searches, like the one, three years ago, for our CFO, took twice as long as normal. I was absolutely determined.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2015

But as I learned over the course of my career, there’s a better approach with boards. In practical terms, that means not trying to stage-manage board interactions. When I took over at The Hartford, the management team took up most of our board meetings going through long slide decks. I got rid of that barrier.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2015

When I met him, long ago, he was picking himself up after a tough year. A seasoned CFO with a sharp mind and an abrasive style, Arthur had lost his job over a disagreement with his company’s new CEO. This loosening of long-term bonds has brought more uncertainty to all workers, and more freedom to a fortunate few.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

Knowing and communicating your career goals is challenging for even the most ambitious and focused person. In today's work world, careers take numerous twists and turns and the future is often murky. You have to clarify for yourself what you aspire to do with your career before you can communicate it confidently to others.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

the CEO’s or CFO’s), but rather serve the needs of our internal project sponsors (usually at the CXO, EVP, and SVP level). ” That would neither be in line with our primary objectives, nor fit our consultants’ career expectations. To succeed long term, winning on price alone is not sufficient.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Then he had to believe that not only was it important enough to try, but also — through a series of trials and errors — actually possible to sustain over the long-term. In 2004, Hickox was a certified public accountant in Texas and at a crossroads in her career. This was also true for Michelle Hickox.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

We don’t see news headlines that say, “Low-risk approach forces local business to file for bankruptcy,” or, “Stunningly conservative move pushes global pharmaceutical company to the brink of failure,” or “Man retires after a mediocre career and feels painful remorse for never having laid anything on the line.”. They don’t make headlines.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

Brownout, a term also used to describe part of the life cycle of a star, is different from burnout because knowledge workers afflicted by it are not in obvious crisis. Ten years later, he was the global CFO of his firm. He had also suffered from weight gain brought on by continual travel and client work.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

One CEO told me she was considering firing her CFO because he consistently ran his monthly financial report by the Operations VP before showing it to her and, as she realized, was letting the Operations VP unduly influence when revenues and expenses were recognized. As one CEO put it: “Too much exposure to the board leads to radiation!”

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2013

In careers and the workplace, this means that credit or blame for performance is likely to be assigned to an individual more based on his or her perceived character, personality, intentions or efforts rather than on the situation, context, opportunities or constraints within which that individual is working. Talent management'

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

What follows are edited excerpts from our conversation, starting with Barksdale’s account of where the bundling aphorism came from: Barksdale: It actually was a quote at the end of a very long road show when we were taking Netscape public, a trip through Europe that ended in London. Barksdale: That’s right. Or, “Let’s unbundle.”

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